Tuesday 7 May 2013

Prevent copies of your passport being used for identity theft.

Identity theft can cause a lot of long term problems. With all kinds of companies requesting a copy of you identify papers, increasing the risk of you identification information being leaked. The Dutch government has a tip to prevent this.

If you have to leave a copy of your passport, do the following: 
1. Write down with big letters on the copy; Copy for ‘Company x’ ‘Date’.
2. Cross out the social security number (in Dutch law, companies are not allowed to ask for it, this might vary from country) 
3. Also cross out your social security number on the strip under need the passport. The code under need in the strip has the number included. 

These measure makes it far more obvious that any stolen versions of this copy look suspicious and prevents people from using your social security number.



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